{"id":56139,"date":"2018-03-06T19:34:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T19:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/06\/missile-defense-failure-might-prove-a-good-thing-for-sm-3-iia-in-the-long-run-says-mda-head\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:05:22","slug":"missile-defense-failure-might-prove-a-good-thing-for-sm-3-iia-in-the-long-run-says-mda-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2018\/03\/06\/missile-defense-failure-might-prove-a-good-thing-for-sm-3-iia-in-the-long-run-says-mda-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Missile defense failure might prove a good thing for SM-3 IIA in the long run, says MDA head"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2013 The director of the Pentagon\u2019s Missile Defense Agency is \u201cconfident\u201d the r<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2018\/01\/31\/second-navy-sm-3-block-iia-ballistic-missile-intercept-hawaii-report\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">ecent missile intercept test failure<\/a> does not represent a fundamentally fatal flaw in the SM-3 Blk IIA system, and believes the U.S. will actually benefit from the failure in the long term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MDA director Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves declined to get ahead of a formal review into what caused the intercept failure, stressing the need to let the investigation finish. But from the data gathered during the test, the missile apparently failed in \u201can area where it has worked at least 9 times out of 10, so we are trying to find out what happened,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/02\/20\/failed-missile-test-off-of-kauai-costs-130-million-3\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3144203.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Failed missile test off of Kauai costs $130 million<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. Missile Defense Agency spent a total of $130 million on a failed missile test off of Kauai.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MDA head also wants to see a retest of the interceptor to pinpoint the source of the failure. His comments were made to reporters following a speech at the McAleese\/Credit Suisse conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greaves stressed that the information gleaned from the test, even with the failure, is immensely beneficial for the Pentagon, acknowledging \u201cwe\u2019ve got to figure out what happened and go fix it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf North Korea is learning as much as I\u2019m learning from these failures, we all ought to be concerned,\u201d he added. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted the mission used an engage-on-remote concept, meaning the interceptor successfully received engagement quality targeting information from an off-board sensor. Instead of using the phased-array radar connected to the Aegis Ashore system that launched the interceptor (the first time Aegis Ashore has ever launched an SM-3 IIA), Greaves said a deployed TPY-2 radar transmitted representative distances, closing speed, and other engagement information to the interceptor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He emphasized the significance of such a capability: \u201cDo you know how much battlespace that increases?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Testing the SM-3IIA from Aegis Ashore was not just important for the U.S., but for allies. \u201cIts important for Romania, for Poland, for EPAA phase 3, and the Japanese if they follow through with those purchases,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite failing to intercept its target, the test achieved a number of other important mission 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